Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

Table 1.  Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing                                                          
(1982=100)                                                                                                                     
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                                                 |          |                       |Unadjusted     |                          
                                                 |          |                       |  percent      |Seasonally adjusted       
                                                 | Relative |    Unadjusted index   |change to      |percent change from:      
                    Grouping                     |importance|                       |Aug. 2004 from:|                          
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                                                 |   Dec.   |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        
                                                 |          |Apr.   |July   |Aug.   |  Aug. | July  | May to|June  to |July  to
                                                 |   2003 1/|2004 2/|2004 2/|2004 2/|  2003 | 2004  |  June |   July  |  Aug.  
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Finished goods...................................|  100.000   147.3   148.7   148.6     3.4   -0.1     -0.3      0.1    -0.1   
  Finished consumer goods........................|   74.422   150.4   152.0   151.9     4.1    -.1      -.5       .1     -.1   
    Finished consumer foods......................|   21.487   152.7   152.1   152.2     4.0     .1      -.6     -1.6     -.2   
      Crude......................................|    1.731   130.8   114.4   125.7    -2.0    9.9    -10.9       .8     7.2   
      Processed..................................|   19.756   154.5   155.3   154.4     4.5    -.6       .1     -1.8     -.6   
    Finished consumer goods, excluding foods.....|   52.934   149.1   151.7   151.4     4.1    -.2      -.4       .7     -.1   
      Nondurable goods less foods................|   36.883   154.3   157.9   158.0     5.3     .1      -.8      1.1      .2   
      Durable goods..............................|   16.051   134.4   134.6   133.7     1.4    -.7       .5      0       -.7   
  Capital equipment..............................|   25.578   140.6   141.2   141.1     1.4    -.1       .2       .1     -.1   
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    7.016   141.9   142.6   142.7     2.0     .1       .4       .1     0     
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   18.562   140.1   140.6   140.4     1.2    -.1       .2      0       -.1   
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Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.|  100.000   140.2   143.8   144.9     8.1     .8       .5       .8     1.0   
  Materials and components for manufacturing.....|   46.892   136.2   138.6   139.6     7.6     .7       .5       .4      .7   
    Materials for food manufacturing.............|    2.948   146.6   147.9   145.4     7.3   -1.7      -.1     -3.0    -1.9   
    Materials for nondurable manufacturing.......|   14.491   143.5   147.1   149.5     8.7    1.6       .7      1.0     1.7   
    Materials for durable manufacturing..........|    9.515   144.3   149.4   151.0    18.4    1.1      1.1      1.0     1.1   
    Components for manufacturing.................|   19.939   127.1   127.8   128.1     1.8     .2       .2       .2      .2   
  Materials and components for construction......|   12.827   164.7   167.8   170.0    10.6    1.3       .7       .2     1.4   
  Processed fuels and lubricants.................|   16.978   118.4   126.5   128.5    12.2    1.6       .7      2.4     3.0   
    Manufacturing industries ....................|    6.840   120.0   127.1   128.2     8.6     .9      2.6      1.1     3.2   
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   10.138   117.4   126.2   128.7    14.6    2.0      -.3      3.2     2.7   
  Containers.....................................|    3.164   154.9   159.5   161.4     5.1    1.2       .8       .9     1.2   
  Supplies.......................................|   20.138   146.4   148.1   147.5     4.5    -.4       .1       .5     -.3   
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    4.389   147.9   149.4   149.6     1.9     .1       .5       .3      .2   
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   15.750   144.8   146.5   145.7     5.1    -.5      -.1       .5     -.5   
      Feeds......................................|    1.238   134.3   131.5   115.1    13.4  -12.5     -6.8      2.7   -12.6   
      Other supplies.............................|   14.512   146.7   148.9   149.7     4.5     .5       .5       .4      .5   
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Crude materials for further processing...........|  100.000   155.7   162.0   160.7    22.4    -.8      1.6      -.2     -.7   
  Foodstuffs and feedstuffs......................|   39.856   135.4   131.0   124.7    11.8   -4.8     -3.6     -4.8    -4.6   
  Nonfood materials..............................|   60.144   166.6   181.3   183.9    28.9    1.4      5.1      2.7     1.3   
    Nonfood materials except fuel 3/.............|   33.348   141.4   146.7   158.1    35.0    7.8     -2.5      7.1     7.6   
      Manufacturing 3/...........................|   32.735   130.3   135.3   146.0    35.6    7.9     -2.6      7.2     7.8   
      Construction...............................|    0.613   190.1   194.2   194.2     7.9    0        1.4       .9      .1   
    Crude fuel 4/................................|   26.796   191.8   221.5   208.4    21.7   -5.9     14.6     -1.9    -5.9   
      Manufacturing industries...................|    2.406   182.6   209.8   197.7    21.3   -5.8     14.1     -1.9    -5.8   
      Nonmanufacturing industries................|   24.390   196.1   226.6   213.1    21.7   -6.0     14.6     -1.9    -6.0   
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               Special groupings                 |                                                                             
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Finished goods, excluding foods..................|5/ 78.513   145.7   147.6   147.4     3.3    -.1      -.2       .5     -.1   
Intermediate materials less foods and feeds......|6/ 95.814   140.2   144.0   145.4     8.0    1.0       .6       .9     1.3   
Intermediate foods and feeds.....................|6/  4.186   143.2   143.2   136.0     8.8   -5.0     -2.2     -1.4    -5.2   
Crude materials less agricultural products 3/ 7/.|8/ 58.184   170.4   186.2   188.2    30.0    1.1      5.4      2.9     1.0   
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Finished energy goods............................|5/ 15.868   109.5   115.1   115.1     9.9    0       -1.6      2.3      .2   
Finished goods less energy.......................|5/ 84.132   151.9   152.1   151.9     2.2    -.1      0        -.4     -.1   
Finished consumer goods less energy..............|5/ 58.554   156.9   156.8   156.6     2.5    -.1      -.2      -.5     -.2   
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Finished goods less foods and energy.............|5/ 62.645   152.1   152.4   152.2     1.5    -.1       .2       .1     -.1   
Finished consumer goods less foods and energy....|5/ 37.066   159.8   160.0   159.7     1.6    -.2       .1       .1     -.2   
Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy..|5/ 21.015   180.5   180.5   180.8     1.7     .2      -.2       .2      .2   
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Intermediate energy goods........................|6/ 17.379   117.3   125.4   127.1    11.2    1.4       .7      2.3     2.7   
Intermediate materials less energy...............|6/ 82.621   144.4   146.8   147.7     7.4     .6       .5       .4      .6   
Intermediate materials less foods and energy.....|6/ 78.435   144.6   147.1   148.5     7.3    1.0       .5       .5     1.0   
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Crude energy materials 3/........................|8/ 39.753   158.8   178.3   178.1    27.5    -.1      7.7       .2     -.1   
Crude materials less energy......................|8/ 60.248   148.7   146.5   144.5    18.7   -1.4     -2.6      -.5    -1.2   
Crude nonfood materials less energy 4/...........|8/ 20.391   187.6   191.6   200.9    32.3    4.9      -.5      8.6     4.5   
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  1/  Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed          4/  Excludes crude petroleum.                  
      after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated            5/  Percent of total finished goods.           
      after final December indexes are available.                               6/  Percent of total intermediate materials.   
  2/  The indexes for April 2004 have been recalculated to incorporate          7/  Formerly titled "Crude materials for       
      late reports and corrections by respondents.  All indexes                     further processing, excluding crude        
      are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.                  foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and       
  3/  Includes crude petroleum.                                                     animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco."
                                                                                8/  Percent of total crude materials.